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Retail & E-Commerce

  • September 26, 2025

    Advertisers, Publishers Can Expand Google Ad MDL Markets

    A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed publishers and advertisers in multidistrict litigation over Google's advertising placement technology to expand their claims to cover a worldwide scope, like the U.S. Department of Justice's successful similar case, finding it would not prejudice the tech giant.

  • September 26, 2025

    Insurer Cites Contractor Fraud In Nixing Bridal Shop Fire Duty

    A contractor's insurer said it does not owe coverage to a bridal shop that won a $38 million judgment against its policyholder following a fire, telling a New York federal court that the policy was declared void in a separate suit because of the contractor's fraud and forgery.

  • September 26, 2025

    Chervon, Lowe's Battery Recall Doesn't End Suit, Court Told

    Consumers in a proposed class action told an Illinois federal court that a voluntary recall by Chervon North America Inc. and Lowe's Home Centers LLC of lithium-ion batteries allegedly prone to overheating and combusting doesn't extinguish their claims since the recall falls short of addressing their injuries.

  • September 26, 2025

    4th Circ. Says NC Man's Abuse Of Trust Justifies Sentence

    The Fourth Circuit on Friday affirmed a North Carolina man's 33-month sentence for engineering an investment fraud scheme in which he pretended to be a successful day trader, finding he had abused his position of trust sufficient to support a sentencing enhancement.

  • September 26, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: De Brauw, Hengeler Mueller

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, power grid operator TenneT Holding sells a stake in its German transmission business to institutional investors, Pfizer Inc. acquires biotechnology company Metsera Inc., and Dutch brewer Heineken NV buys most of Costa Rica's FIFCO beverage and retail operations.

  • September 26, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 25, 2025

    Trump Blesses Deal To Transfer TikTok To $14B US Co.

    President Donald Trump Thursday signed an executive order greenlighting a proposed deal that transfers the majority of TikTok's U.S. operations to a new U.S.-based joint venture, saying that the divestiture adequately addresses national security concerns.

  • September 25, 2025

    NJ Fed Courts Tighten Rules On Anti-Counterfeiting Suits

    Citing an "uptick" in intellectual property theft suits against online counterfeiters, New Jersey's chief district judge issued a new standing order Thursday tightening rules on infringement suits that often name numerous defendants. 

  • September 25, 2025

    Google VP Says Ad Tech Breakup Is 'Possible'

    The Google executive responsible for its advertising placement technology business told a Virginia federal judge Thursday that the company previously determined that a breakup was doable, even as he argued that the U.S. Department of Justice is mischaracterizing recent considerations of what that would look like.

  • September 25, 2025

    Wash. Pot Board Seek Toss Of Discrimination Suit

    The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is urging a federal court to drop a discrimination lawsuit by a Black-owned nonprofit which claims it was unjustly denied a retail cannabis license, arguing that the claims were too old when filed.

  • September 25, 2025

    Walmart Settles With Illinois Man In Slip-And-Fall Case

    A shopper who sued Walmart after slipping on a puddle of cooking oil has agreed to end his lawsuit against the retail giant after beating back a summary judgment bid and ahead of a coming trial in the Northern District of Illinois.

  • September 25, 2025

    Wash. Judge Weighs Audible Bid To Toss Privacy Class Action

    A Seattle federal judge on Thursday questioned whether a proposed class action accusing Amazon-owned Audible of violating customers' privacy should proceed under California law, as the plaintiffs argue, or Washington law, as Audible insists — a decision that could determine the lawsuit's fate.

  • September 25, 2025

    Hagens Berman Not Very Contrite About AI Errors, Judge Says

    A California federal judge chided attorneys from Hagens Berman on Thursday over what he called a lack of contrition after submitting briefs that contained errors lifted from ChatGPT in a proposed class action against the online platform OnlyFans, saying the attorneys seemed more interested in excuses.

  • September 25, 2025

    Amazon Denied Quick Appeal Of Massive Antitrust Class Cert.

    The Ninth Circuit has rejected a petition from Amazon seeking permission to immediately appeal an order certifying a class of roughly 300 million consumers in a sweeping antitrust case accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating prices through its merchant policies.

  • September 25, 2025

    Sunbeam Sued Over Alleged Crock-Pot Burn Injury

    Sunbeam Products Inc. and its parent Newell Brands Inc. were hit with a lawsuit in Georgia federal court on Wednesday brought by a woman who alleges she was able to remove the lid from a Sunbeam pressure cooker while it was still under pressure, causing her to be seriously burned.

  • September 25, 2025

    Perrigo Mostly Beats US In $163M Tax Refund Dispute

    A Michigan federal court largely sided Thursday with pharmaceutical company Perrigo in a $163 million tax refund case, rejecting the government's claim that the company's transactions with a foreign entity lacked economic substance and were meant only to avoid taxes.

  • September 25, 2025

    FTC, 19 States Halt Cancer Charity Scheme

    A car donation charity that raised more than $45 million meant for breast cancer screenings agreed Thursday to an injunction barring future charity fundraising to end an enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of 19 states over misappropriated donation funds.

  • September 25, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Snubs Patent Atty's Bid To Join Toddler Mat IP Case

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday denied an attorney's bid to appear in a patent infringement case over toddler dining mats, in which the lower court found that his misrepresentation of prior art during prosecution was "purposeful, deliberate, and egregious."

  • September 25, 2025

    NY Judge Approves Hold On Cannabis Store Proximity Rule

    A New York state judge has signed off on an agreement between marijuana stores and cannabis regulators to temporarily halt enforcement of a recent regulatory reinterpretation of store location requirements that threatened to upend more than a hundred cannabis businesses.

  • September 25, 2025

    Texas Wins Remand Of PFAS Lawsuit Targeting 3M, Corteva

    A Texas federal judge has remanded the state's lawsuit alleging that chemical companies including 3M Co. marketed and sold products like Teflon, Stainmaster and Scotchgard despite being aware of the toxicity of the forever chemicals within them.

  • September 25, 2025

    Pa. High Court Backs Two-Lab Rule For Medical Pot Products

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a state rule requiring medical marijuana businesses to test their products at two separate laboratories, finding that the state law's emphasis on public safety empowered regulators to impose the requirement.

  • September 25, 2025

    Mich. Judge Backs $778M Judgment Against Auto Parts Mogul

    A Michigan federal judge on Thursday said Alter Domus LLC can pursue a judgment against a Detroit-area businessman's trust in a decades-old dispute over a guaranty agreement, renewing the more than $770 million award to the administrative agent after determining it properly took over the case from JPMorgan Chase.

  • September 25, 2025

    TM Dispute Over DIY Dentures Dismissed In NC

    A trademark row between a dental lab and denture manufacturer was dismissed Wednesday when a North Carolina federal judge agreed with Mabel Dental Lab Inc. and Crown Warranty LLC that their connections to the state are sparse at best.

  • September 25, 2025

    Costco Loses Bid To Slip Ugg Maker's Copycat IP Suit

    Costco Wholesale Corp. cannot escape a trade dress infringement lawsuit by the maker of Ugg footwear, accusing it of ripping off its signature shearling footwear designs, a California federal judge ruled, saying the complaint plausibly alleges that consumers associate the designs with the Ugg brand.

  • September 25, 2025

    PepsiCo, Frito-Lay Sued Over 'No Artificial Flavors' Poppables

    PepsiCo and Frito-Lay deceptively label their Poppables puffy potato snacks with a "categorically false" claim that they contain no artificial flavors despite that citric acid is an ingredient, which induced customers into paying a price premium for them, alleges a proposed class action filed Thursday in New York federal court.

Expert Analysis

  • Ruling On Labor Peace Law Marks Shift For Cannabis Cos.

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    Currently on appeal to the Ninth Circuit, an Oregon federal court’s novel decision in Casala v. Kotek, invalidating a state law that requires labor peace agreements as a condition of cannabis business licensure, marks the potential for compliance uncertainty for all cannabis employers in states with labor peace mandates, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Fed. Circ. Rulings Refine Patent Claim Construction Standards

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    Four Federal Circuit patent decisions this year clarify several crucial principles governing patent claim construction, including the importance of prosecution history, and the need for error-free, precise language from claims drafters, say attorneys at Taft.

  • FTC's Reseller Suit Highlights Larger Ticket Platform Issues

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    Taken together, the recent Federal Trade Commission lawsuit and Ticketmaster's recent antitrust woes demonstrate that federal enforcers are testing the resilience of antitrust and consumer-protection frameworks in an evolving, tech-driven marketplace, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.

  • Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations

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    As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.

  • Series

    Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pursuing my childhood dream of being a professional wrestler has taught me important legal career lessons about communication, adaptability, oral advocacy and professionalism, says Christopher Freiberg at Midwest Disability.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI

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    Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Ch. 11 Ruling Voiding $2M Litigation Funding Sends A Warning

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    A recent Texas bankruptcy court decision that a postconfirmation litigation trust has no obligations to repay a completely drawn down $2 million litigation funding agreement serves as a warning for estate administrators and funders to properly disclose the intended financing, say attorneys at Kleinberg Kaplan.

  • A Changing Playbook For Fighting Records Requests In Del.

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    The Delaware Supreme Court's recent decision in Wong v. Amazon, reversing the denial of an inspection demand brought by a stockholder, serves as a stark warning to corporations challenging books and records requests, making clear that companies cannot defeat such demands solely by attacking the scope of their stated purpose, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Demystifying The Civil Procedure Rules Amendment Process

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    Every year, an advisory committee receives dozens of proposals to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, most of which are never adopted — but a few pointers can help maximize the likelihood that an amendment will be adopted, says Josh Gardner at DLA Piper.

  • Bankruptcy Courts May Offer Relief For Tariff-Driven Distress

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    The Bankruptcy Code and the customs laws interact in complex ways that make bankruptcy a powerful, albeit limited, tool for companies that are dealing with tariff-related financial distress, says Eitan Arom at KTBS Law.

  • How 2nd Circ. Cannabis Ruling Upends NY Licensing

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    A recent Second Circuit decision in Variscite NY Four v. New York, holding that New York's extra-priority cannabis licensing preference for applicants with in-state marijuana convictions violates the dormant commerce clause, underscores that state-legal cannabis markets remain subject to the same constitutional constraints as other economic markets, say attorneys at Harris Beach.

  • Parenting Skills That Can Help Lawyers Thrive Professionally

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    As kids head back to school, the time is ripe for lawyers who are parents to consider how they can incorporate their parenting skills to build a deep, meaningful and sustainable legal practice, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: September Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses seven decisions pertaining to attorney fees in class action settlements, the predominance requirement in automobile insurance cases, how the no mootness exception applies if the named plaintiff is potentially subject to a strong individual defense, and more.

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    Teaching Trial Advocacy Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    Teaching trial advocacy skills to other lawyers makes us better litigators because it makes us question our default methods, connect to young attorneys with new perspectives and focus on the needs of the real people at the heart of every trial, say Reuben Guttman, Veronica Finkelstein and Joleen Youngers.

  • How Sustainability Reporting Changed In The 1st Half Of 2025

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    Sustainability reporting is evolving rapidly, with fewer S&P 500 companies publishing reports in the first half of 2025 than in the same period last year, suggesting that companies are becoming more selective and intentional about their reporting, say analysts at Orrick.

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